Dr. Gary Gottlieb, the chief executive of Partners in Health, a nonprofit that provides medical services to impoverished nations, will serve as chairman in 2017 for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s board of directors.

Phillip L. Clay, a former chancellor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be vice chairman to the Boston Fed’s board.

The Boston Fed announced the annual leadership change on Thursday and it will take effect on Jan. 1.

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Gottlieb replaces current chairman John Fish, the head of Suffolk Construction Co., who will also be leaving the Fed board.

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